Category: <span>Features</span>

Amanda Froeber Published: January 25, 2006 like you are listening. College-age adults show more signs of money abuse than any other age group, according to survey data released by Myvesta.org, a nonprofit consumer education organization. Sallie Mae, the top student loan company, says that the average undergraduate student has at least one credit card, and...

Dawn Baird Published: January 25, 2006 Laid back and easy-going, Nick Jones looks forward to returning to Pensacola Junior College after winning the battle against arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a congenital neurological and spinal cord disorder, undetected until three years ago. According to the National Institutes of Health, AVM affects more than 300,000 Americans. Many don’t...

From Staff Reports Published: January 25, 2006 Local Events UWF Concert The University of West Florida is hosting a free concert featuring the UWF Madrigals, the UWF Singers, and the UWF Gospel Choir at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts (Building 82). The Pensacola Opera The opera has guest...

Corsair Staff Writers Published: January 9, 2006 Here are several steps you can take to protect yourself from identity theft. Don’t carry around more than one credit card. Carry a debit card instead of a check book as debit cards have pin numbers; this makes it more difficult to gain access to your checking account....

Erika Wilhite Published: January 9, 2006 The semi-mythical Freshman 15 – the number of pounds supposedly gained during the freshman year of college- may be a real concern for incoming students. While it’s not true that everyone experiences such a drastic weight gain, studies have shown that most students do gain weight within their first...

From Staff Reports PENSACOLA, Fla. – Pensacola Junior College invites the community to learn about solar power, wind power, biofuels and other energy resources at the Renewable Energy Forum. The free event is 6 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Hagler Auditorium, Building 2A, on the Pensacola campus. As a part of PJC’s “Environmental and Economic...

Staff Reports PENSACOLA, Fla. – Pensacola Junior College invites the community to its 14th annual Multicultural Job Fair 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio, Building 23, on the Pensacola campus. Sponsors are the PJC Black History Committee, PJC Student Job Services and WSRE-TV. Each year,...

Pensacola Junior College invites the community to watch the historic swearing in of President-Elect Barack Obama as WSRE-TV presents a live feed of the inaugural ceremonies. The live feed airs 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Hagler Auditorium, Building 2A, on the Pensacola campus. The event is free and open to...

By: Katie Coseo Published: January 8, 2009 Robinson Honors Scholar Lorraine Ogan won first place in the Outstanding Undergraduate Philosophy Paper in a Two Year College and presented it in Daytona at the Florida Philosophical Association’s annual conference. Ogan’s paper was an argumentative essay concerning whether an argument can come from just using a visual...

By: Terry Strickland Published: January 8, 2009 This month, after 17 consecutive years of service, science professor Jeff Wooters of Pensacola Junior College will get a much-needed vacation – a paid vacation in fact — to the sunny coast of the Land Down Under. This vacation is referred to in the academic community as a...